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9:50 AM ET, November 20, 2013

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CBS News:
Poll: Obamacare support, Obama approval sink to new lows  —  President Obama's job approval rating has plunged to the lowest of his presidency, according to a new CBS News poll released Wednesday, and Americans' approval of the Affordable Care Act has dropped it's lowest since CBS News started polling on the law.
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama hits new low with Dems  —  President Obama's relationship with congressional Democrats has worsened to an unprecedented low, Democratic aides say.  —  They are letting it be known that House and Senate Democrats are increasingly frustrated, bitter and angry with the White House …
Tal Kopan / Politico:
CBS poll: President Obama, ACA hit record lows  —  President Barack Obama's approval has dropped below 40 percent, the lowest its ever been in CBS News polling.  —  Just 37 percent of Americans approve of the job Obama is doing as president, compared with 57 percent who disapprove in a CBS News poll out Wednesday.
Discussion: Power Line
Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
The Party of Zilch  —  With Democrats sagging, Republicans are missing an opportunity to fill the leadership void.  —  The Republican Party stands for nothing.  As Barack Obama threatens to fumble away his presidency along with the Democratic Party's reasons for existence—championing an active …
TIME:
‘You Can Keep Your Doctor’: Obamacare's Next Broken Promise?
Politico:
Rep. Trey Radel charged with cocaine possession  —  Rep. Trey Radel, a freshman Republican from Florida, was arrested on Oct. 29 for possession of cocaine in the District of Columbia, according to D.C. Superior Court documents.  —  Radel, 37, was charged with misdemeanor possession of cocaine in D.C. Superior Court on Tuesday.
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USA Today:
Rep. Trey Radel busted in cocaine sting  —  Freshman GOP lawmaker says he struggles with alcoholism and made ‘an extremely irresponsible choice.’  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Trey Radel, R-Fla., was caught buying drugs as part of a federal investigation into a Washington, D.C. …
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Harry Reid is set to go nuclear  —  Senator Harry Reid appears set to go nuclear — before Thanksgiving.  —  With Senate Republicans blocking a third Obama nomination to the powerful D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, a senior Senate Democratic leadership aide tells me Reid is now all but certain …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid threatens to go nuclear
Discussion: Politico, Taking Note, CNN and The Impolitic
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Key Senate Democrats Flip, Now Ready For Filibuster Reform Via ‘Nuclear Option’
Discussion: Liberaland and Daily Kos
Lateef Mungin / CNN:
Serial killer Joseph Franklin executed after hours of delay  —  (CNN) — White supremacist serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin was executed Wednesday morning after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his final requests for a stay, the Missouri Department of Public Safety said.
Discussion: The Week, The BLT and The Raw Story
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court Refuses to Block Texas Abortion Law
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Texas abortion law left in effect
Discussion: CNN and Hullabaloo
The White House:
President Obama's Handwritten Tribute to the Gettysburg Address  —  One hundred fifty years after President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, President Obama penned a handwritten tribute to President Lincoln's historic remarks.  Read his essay below, then share it with others.
Discussion: TIME, Yahoo! News and CNN
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Emily Schultheis / Politico:
NRSC apologizes for Obama Girl tweet  —  The National Republican Senatorial Committee came under fire Tuesday for tweeting a photo that superimposed Kentucky Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes's head on the body of “Obama Girl,” the model who starred in a series of 2007 music videos about her crush on President Obama.
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Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
NRSC Tweets Sexualized Attack Against Alison Lundergan Grimes
Scott Gordon / nbcdfw.com:
North Texas Drivers Stopped at Roadblock Asked for Saliva, Blood  —  Fort Worth police apologize for its role in federal survey  —  Some drivers along a busy Fort Worth street on Friday were stopped at a police roadblock and directed into a parking lot, where they were asked by federal contractors …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Obamacare bombshell: IT official says HealthCare.gov needs payment feature  —  Another ‘black eye’ for HealthCare.gov  —  CNBC's Dan Mangan analyzes the startling admission by an Obama administration official that a large portion of the Obamacare web site has not yet been built.
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Administration Official: Obamacare Payment Systems Still Need to Be Built
Politico:
Hope grows for budget deal  —  They've been written off as a doomed-to-fail duo: Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Patty Murray, the congressional budget leaders who are on an uphill quest to reach any kind of fiscal deal.  —  But an agreement may not be so elusive after all.
Discussion: NationalJournal.com
Brian Beutler / Salon:
The right's in a box: Here's how GOP loses Obamacare fight  —  The amazing politics of Obamacare's success stories — especially in Kentucky — could cost the GOP their leader  —  The fact that Affordable Care Act enrollments are spiking in states that have functioning exchange websites …
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Virginia Political Figure Stabbed as Son Takes Own Life, Police Say  —  State Senator R. Creigh Deeds, a leading Virginia political figure who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2009, was stabbed repeatedly on Tuesday at his home during an altercation with his son, who then apparently took his own life, the authorities said.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
Police: Son likely stabbed Va. state Sen. Creigh Deeds, shot himself
CNN:
Voters reject ban on late-term abortions in Albuquerque  —  (CNN) — Voters rejected a ban on late-term abortions in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a proposal believed to be a first on a city level.  —  Referenda putting abortion on the ballot have been tried on the state level.
Carol E. Lee / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Backs Piecemeal Immigration Overhaul  —  President in WSJ CEO Council Interview Also Discusses Iran and Health Law  —  WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama said Tuesday he would accept a piecemeal approach to overhauling the immigration system, a move aimed at jump-starting a moribund process …
Laura Richards / OxfordWords blog:
The Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2013 is...  Illustration © Barry Hall, cube fish media  —  It's that time of the year again.  With a fanfare and a drum roll, it's time to announce the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year.  The votes have been counted and verified and I can exclusively reveal that the winner is....
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The GOP's scary-movie strategy
Ewen Callaway / Nature:
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Martha T. Moore / Associated Press:
Before 2016, Christie has to position himself carefully
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Paul Rosenberg / Salon:
Republicans will keep heading right!: What the media doesn't comprehend
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Amy Worden / Philly.com:
Pa. House votes down transportation spending measure
Discussion: Politico and Eschaton
Steve Almasy / CNN:
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 Earlier Items: 
Dave Levinthal / The Center for Public …:
American League of Lobbyists changes name
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Bruce Barcott / The New York Observer:
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Ana Livia Coelho / ESPN MediaZone:
ESPN's FiveThirtyEight Announces Managing Editor, Key Editorial Hires
Ken Jensen / Weekly Standard:
John Kerry Repudiates the Monroe Doctrine
Discussion: Ed Driscoll
WFLA-TV:
Husband of former FL Sec. State Katherine Harris commits suicide
Columbian:
Vancouver man: Joe Biden owes me an apology
New York Times:
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Discussion: Deadspin